Description
Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico Lorenzo) Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, second edition, woodcut decorations and decorative initials, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to, Venice, Simone Occhi, 1773.
⁂ Second edition of this work on chess published for the first time in Modena in 1769.
Provenance: J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library (ink inscription on front pastedown); other earlier ink annotations and calculations in Italian on front free endpaper; Brooklyn Public Library (ink stamp on rear free endpaper).
Lot 340
Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico Lorenzo) Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, second edition, Venice, Simone Occhi, 1773.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico Lorenzo) Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, second edition, woodcut decorations and decorative initials, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to, Venice, Simone Occhi, 1773.
⁂ Second edition of this work on chess published for the first time in Modena in 1769.
Provenance: J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library (ink inscription on front pastedown); other earlier ink annotations and calculations in Italian on front free endpaper; Brooklyn Public Library (ink stamp on rear free endpaper).
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